Hope Center member Susan Mackinnon, M.D. repairs damaged nerves.  In 1998 she performed the first nerve transplant, and she remains in the forefront of surgical treatment for peripheral nerve injury and research on nerve regeneration.

By Josh Fischman, U. S. News & World Report

Stand up. Step forward. Bend an elbow. Button your shirt. Feed yourself. They are simple commands, carried from the brain to the legs, arms, and hands by thin white fibers, nerves no thicker than a piece of yarn, impossibly delicate yet incredibly important. Cut them, break them, shred them--a car crash or a sharp piece of broken glass will do it--and a limb hangs helpless.

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